§ 34. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many people lost their jobs in the textile industry during the last 12 months.
§ Mr. GoldingNo records are kept of all those leaving the textile industry, but I am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that it was notified of 12,921 redundancies as being due to occur68W in textiles firms in the 12 months to March 1978.